CVE-2019-9077 — Out-of-bounds Write in Binutils

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow11 documents9 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 47.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
GNU BinutilsF5 Traffix Signaling Delivery ControllerCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedFeb 24
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An issue was discovered in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is a heap-based buffer overflow in process_mips_specific in readelf.c via a malformed MIPS option section.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.32.51.20190707-1+3
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.32

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 18.04

Patches

Patch: security.netapp.com ↗Patch: security.netapp.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-f85v-vf98-9ghh: An issue was discovered in GNU Binutils 2↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2019-9077: An issue was discovered in GNU Binutils 2↗2019-02-24
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OSV
CVE-2019-9077: An issue was discovered in GNU Binutils 2↗2019-02-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2021-07-21
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Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2020-04-22
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Red Hat
binutils: heap-based buffer overflow in function process_mips_specific in readelf.c↗2019-02-20
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Microsoft
An issue was discovered in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is a heap-based buffer overflow in process_mips_specific in readelf.c via a malformed MIPS option section.↗2019-02-12
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Debian
CVE-2019-9077: binutils - An issue was discovered in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is a heap-based buffer overflow...↗2019
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9077 binutils: heap-based buffer overflow in function process_mips_specific in readelf.c↗2019-02-25
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9077 binutils: heap-based buffer overflow in function process_mips_specific in readelf.c [fedora-all]↗2019-02-25
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